Family reunions

Forty people, forty cameras, one family reunion book

A reunion produces hundreds of photos spread across every phone that was there, and somehow they never get put together. Send one link: each household adds their own photos and stories, and it comes back as a finished book every family can keep.

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The reunion ends, and the photos scatter

Someone always promises to collect everyone's pictures. Then there are twelve households, four group chats, a shared folder half the family can't open, and one cousin who has all the best photos and doesn't do email.

Letting each household upload their own solves it in one step. They add their photos at full quality and write their own captions — which matters, because only they can name everybody in their shot, or explain why the kids are covered in mud.

Reunions are also when the old photos come out. Someone brings the box of prints from the 1960s, and this is the year to scan a few of them into the same book as Saturday's photos, before the box goes back in the closet for another decade.

An extended family with children playing together at the edge of the water on a beach
Every household's photos in one book, captioned by the people who took them.
How it works

Set it up before the reunion, not after

People upload while they're still together or in the week after. A month later, the moment has passed.

STEP 1

Create the project before you go

The family name, a cover photo, the reunion dates, and a deadline a couple of weeks out.

STEP 2

Put the link where the family already is

The reunion group chat, the email chain, a QR code on the table at dinner. No app, no accounts, nothing to explain twice.

STEP 3

Pages come in

Each household's photos are laid out into finished pages with their own captions. You take a look before anything goes in.

STEP 4

Order a copy for every household

One project, as many printed copies as the family wants. The PDF is free if you just want to send it around.

Why a reunion photo book works best this way

Reunions have the two things that break every group album: too many people, and too many photos on too many phones.

Twelve households, no chasing

Everyone uploads their own. You never receive a loose file, a squashed chat image, or a folder invitation nobody accepts.

18 layouts, chosen for you

Pages of four to nine photos are arranged automatically, matched to what each household actually shared.

The old prints come out too

Scans of photographs from decades ago are enhanced when uploaded, so 1968 sits comfortably on a facing page with this year.

Captions name the right people

Written by whoever took the photo — the only person who can reliably name everyone in it, for the grandkids reading it in twenty years.

The ones who couldn't come still get in

Anyone with the link can add a page from anywhere, including the branch of the family who missed it this time.

A copy for every household

One project, as many copies as the family orders, and everyone can chip in at $1.25 a page.

Prompts to put on the table card

Ask for names and stories along with photos, or you'll get a book nobody can decode in twenty years.

“Your best photo from the weekend, and who's in it.”
“How are you connected to the family? Spell it out for the kids.”
“A photograph from a reunion years ago.”
“What did you learn about a relative that you didn't know before?”
“The moment from this reunion you'll bring up at the next one.”
“Who was missed, and what would they have been doing?”
Pricing

Free to collect, and the group can cover the printing

Nothing is owed until you order a book, and gifts from contributors apply straight to the print cost.

$0

To start and collect

Create the project, invite everyone, and gather photos and stories for free. You only pay if you print.

$34.95

Printed hardcover, 20 pages

A 10-inch square matte hardcover with matte interior pages, plus shipping. Extra pages are $1.25 each.

$1.25

Per gifted page

Friends and family can chip in toward printing — each $1.25 covers one page of the finished book.

Questions

Family reunion photo book questions

When should we set it up?

Before the reunion, so the link can go on a table card or into the group chat while everyone is together. Contributions fade fast once people are home and back at work.

Will the older relatives manage it?

Yes. There's nothing to install and no account to create — the link opens in a browser, and the form asks for photos, a name and a message. Anyone can also add a page on someone else's behalf.

Can we include old family photographs?

Yes, and reunions are the best time to do it. Scans and phone photos of old prints are enhanced when uploaded, so they hold up beautifully next to this year's pictures.

Can every household get a copy?

Yes — once the book is finished you can order as many copies as you like, which is what most families do. Gifted pages from contributors go toward the print cost.

How much does a family reunion photo book cost?

Setting up and collecting is free. A hardcover is $34.95 for the first 20 pages, then $1.25 for each page after that, plus shipping. A fifty-page reunion book comes to about $72.45 per copy. The PDF is free.

Can we keep adding to it at the next reunion?

Start a new project for each reunion — it keeps each book about one gathering. Pages from a previous reunion can be added to the new one as family history.

Related pages

Other books families make together.

Gather the photos before everyone drives home

Start the project, put the link on the table, and turn a weekend of camera rolls into one book for every household.

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